Blue and cream patterned apron, gathered into a band at the waist. The upper section is made from a chequered fabric and the lower, larger section from a printed striped pattern made up of white dots, alternating with a narrower stripe containing small solid cream blocks on a blue ground. The ties are black cotton tape. [Textile]
apron; textile
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